Card one:
Male card. There is a further trip into recycling here with e metal piece at the top of this card - it is a yoghurt top embossed with the Clockwork Cuttlebug folder and then inked with the Adirondack Ink Fixative Copper.
I don’t have the blending fluid you use with it, but Metho and foam applicators work beautifully. I also coated a small sheet of Kromcote (white glossy card stock) with the copper, stamped the sentiment from Our Daily Bread Stamps in Archival Ink black.. It gave it the most awesome finish just like burnished copper on the Kromcote.
Used Labels Nesties 8 for this card and some gold mesh at the bottom with a clock stamp (no name very old one, says Made in USA) coloured in my Promarkers. If it was a Penny Black could put it in their recycling challenge. Maybe this stamp is an antique Penny Black (tee hee!) sure is nice enough and old enough to qualify!
Easel card. This is my very first attempt at an easel card and used the Hedgie stamp from Penny Black baby set, except I masked the square frame out of this one when I stamped it, as I wanted it to be a cut with my circle Nestie. The picture was done with my sister’s Prismacolor watercolour pencils, with the stumps for blending and White Spirits or Gamsol as they call it in US - here it is called White Spirits. And it was really fun to do. I used the Pendant Fleur de Lis Spellbinders, plus border as well as as the centre piece. Fancy labels was used on the base as well as Labels 4, I extended the fancy labels as it does come that long. I used this tutorial by Shazsilverwolf to help me out with design – thanks Shaz!
You use the gutter guard in the bug and the sandwich for my bug is:
A Plate, B plate, Mesh (gutter guard), cardstock cut to size, rubber mat and one thin shim and B plate and put it through once only.
The beauty of this is you really can do large piece if you have a large rubber mat. I must get myself a bigger one (do they make them?) as the 5x7 one I have is a tad too small for size of guard I use.
Have had fun with these two cards and I hope you enjoy seeing them too!
God bless you wherever you are - thanks for popping by!
Shaz in Oz.x
Those cards are beautiful, as always. I'm sure your friend will love them! The gutter guard is a great idea!
ReplyDeleteGreat use of these Nesties Shaz. Lovely mans card too. Away for a while but please pop back later. Teresa x( Maud Martha )
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards. My MIL may just be loosing some of her gutter guard - I am sure I can wash it! LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteTwo really beautiful cards! love your use of the pendant die and that pillow effect is so cool. The male card is amazing, fabulous textures! Love your use of Scripture. Ger x.
ReplyDeleteGreat cards Shaz and so appropriate...no, I don't go with the 'pretty' male cards either...no such thing....recently I got instructions for a male card which had to have music AND ....FLOWERS! Do you know it was so hard to do and not end up looking feminine....oh we do get the oddest orders, don't we.
ReplyDeleteI love cards and calligraphy so had to take a look. Very nice, and very creative with the gutter guard. It's good that it works for the cards because we had to remove it from our gutters. It caught all of the pecan buds from the trees. Not good.
ReplyDeleteWow, such a cool effect. I am going to have to try this:)
ReplyDeleteJani
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